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Better that the same product at the same price but a different brand.

It would make more sense to me to put the hydraulic side of the actuator on the roof and the arm on the other side, so you don’t have to have the wiring lifting and messy. The wiring gets routed right into the van and never moves like that.

Is there a latch or something to secure the non-hinged side when the panels are stowed while driving? Or is the linear actuator strong enough to hold the panels snug in the stowed position?

I managed to break my parkside drill today(october 2024). No fault of the tool. I left it somewhere i shouldnt have and it broke the lugs that hold the battery in place. It still works but you have to hold the battery into place. Up until then it saw somewhat heavy usage driving 6mm to 10mm drill bits in metal and fiberglass of various thicknesses and types. Bought a new one to replace it at work but keeping the old one at home for my own use. It always worked, got the job done and genuinely exceeded my expectations as it was bought to keep me going for a few weeks til i got something like a dewalt or milwaukee. Well, that never happened and i just kept using it, and have full intentions on using it til it destroys itself. The drill that replaced it is a "face lift" version so hope to see a good bit of service from it. Also have one of their impact drivers which isnt minded at all. Thing sees genuine abuse pretty much daily and is still going 3 or 4 years later. For the price, you cant go wrong. If it breaks beyond the point of repair just get another one and keep the old one as a spares unit or something, or just throw it away. Overall very pleased with these tools. Cant fault them. On a side note, thanks for this review. Worth far more than those unboxing videos where the tool is brand new and always works. Good to see these reviews made after stuff gets used for a few years in various conditions, and to see the users genuine experience with them

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quick answer , NO , durability 2 years if so, batterys are garbage , wen you need a part, forget it , so , ill stay with einhell, Makita and Bosch for now.

This is the answer to happy shopping all shoe shops and dress shops should have a tool section to stop the men getting bored when shopping with your wife

Good lord.. a 9 minute explanation for a 10 second fix. SMH 😂👉👊👍

Could you run a small inverter off mppt aux loads?

Its more about the current....it is significantly harder to break a high dc amp load vs a high ac amp load. The concern for me would be the life of the thermostat. Breaking the 25 amps (300 watts/12 volts) has got to be harder on then thermostat vs the 6 amps (1500/220). Besides the fact that is a very high amp load....its dc vs ac. In the US the current changes dirction 60 times a second...Europe at 50 times a second. It is why solid state relays do not work well in dc applications. Amperage never crosses zero in direct current like it does in ac making the thermostat have to break the full load. What happens? It will either fail on (contacts will weld close) or...as the contacts wear (because they wear faster on dc) he will burn up on one of the breaks and not make contact the next time....the second is the preferred....the first will have the water tank run away. A better bet would be to use the thermostat i the unit to fire a much larger dc rates relay made to break high dc currents. Just my two cents.

As a basic diyer I'm new to all these Parkside goods, after watching several other videos I'd say the tool accessories selling for up to a tenner look good value, but I'd certainly avoid any power tools. Proper DIY gave their chop saw a poor rating. I badly needed a new cordless drill, and just the other week saw a Black and Decker selling for £40 in Asda, with battery and charger, so jumped at it, although cheap it's a solid drill made by a long standing firm and should last me years. Much rather save up and spend a bit more on a quality item.

Really like parkside tools.

Lidl tools are perfect for the guys working on site in all weathers and subject their tools to abuse. They’re cheap enough to buy two of, if dropped and damaged (they do take a fall very well) so what and importantly, because they’re Parkside, rarely stolen. That said, I went to Lidl just yesterday for two 20v 4ah batteries and there were none available. Plenty of the tools on sale but no batteries….what on earth are Lidl playing at???

I have got quite a lot of parkside tools , and despite being extremely well looked after , a lot pack in for no reason at all , poor circuit boards in most cases , and the warranty isn't worth the paper it's written on , and yet my black and decker tools just last and last , angle grinder is 47 year's old and it has had some serious use over the year's and the only problems have been a switch and new brushes , it came with replacement brushes , parkside can't manage 3 year's.

Giving you a sub just for the Irish accent

I have a parkside wired lightning stick. It works although not very well. To be fair it was a tenner.

I bought a Stanley as i was worried avout the magnusson. And yet, it's still not square

Their tools and accessories look and feel very premium in general.

Absolutely on the money. The ability to pick up a drill/driver for 20 quid, and sometimes for a tenner, and then add a battery for £15, is amazing. Yes, as you make clear, if you make a living from power tools, definitely go for Blue, Green, Yellow, or Red, but when you consider that a battery alone from the top manufacturers can cost more than a Parkside tool with charger and battery, well, it's a no-brainer. I do earn a living with power tools, and I have a selection of Makita, Hikoki, and Bosch cordless tools. However, in my wee workshop, I'm very happy to have a dedicated countersink drill, and a 20 quid router that serves as a dedicated chamfer machine.

I brought a generator its been very good had it for years been well used never let me down

Great video, thanks for the info !

its so called you can buy tools of lidl and you can buy makita even if you dont use for work.than you buy into tools problem comes you need certain quality tools, lets say trimmer chainsaw so you want good tool great battery. Now if you need to simply fix smth and not invest in tools lidl covers you up, if you are heavy duty worker many these days buy lidl tools as they wont work long in theyr hands, but they say they frow away and buy new one and save money without buying makita. They work with tools to death and fast, no mqatter if its makita or parkside or milwake all of them die. So heavy duty workers say this lidl tools dont last long, but makita last longer maybe 2 more years and also dies. simply they win in money and time. but they are not home owners, who care about tools. makita simply cost more to run. also lidl tools you cant just come and say i need battery, that island may have no battery this month, or no tool this month you need

The consumables are a fair price

I have a Stiebel Eltron 29kw whole house, tankless, electric, water heater that is about the size of a briefcase and hang on the wall and it works fantastic. I want to use two lower power electric tankless water heaters in an overlanding expedition vehicle(one for hot potable hot water and the other for hydronic under floor radiant heat), but that would mean I would need two very large inverters, could these water heater be converted to 24v or 48v DC?

FYI it’s “Lee-dull”…

I have a Parkside cordless Dremel type tool and a screwdriver bit set, and I've been very pleased with the quality of those. I'm thinking of picking up a battery and charger and one of those combi drills - it's always handy having an extra drill.

hello, superb video, could you tell me the dimensions of the small solar panels you use and the Angle you set for sun detection? thanks in advance JP

If there isn't a swear word, you're not doing it for real. Nice design. I see it relies on the high stacked channel to keep the actuator at enough angle that it is forced up. Clever. I am planning a similar setup on my cargo container and will take advantage of the valley in the corrugation to help me achieve the same. You design looks good, mostly hides the actuator and is inexpensive. Good job.

Does anyone know who make their rotary tools? I haven’t been able to find an equivalent online yet.

I've had quite a lot of Lidl/ Aldi tools over about 15-20 years and given many of them hard use and abuse during that time. The powerfix compressor and air tools I bought 15 years ago are still going strong and get heavy use for years on end. For example the die grinder and also the air chisel were £6 each in Aldi and have put up with 15 years of hacking at steel with zero maintenance bar a drop of oil before each use if I remembered. The compressor has been out on countless mobile auto welding jobs running a needle gun and other bits working very hard. I've recently bought quite a few parkside tools and can't really fault them for the money either- cordless impact gun, sabre saw, drill... though the cordless angle grinder isn't that good (under powered but OK if you go slow) out of that bunch. The plasma cutter and mains powered grinder are working great. Lots of smaller tools like IR thermometer, brake fluid tester, work lights, all good stuff for the money. The only tools I really wasn't happy with were a powerfix band saw (useless) and air ratchet (its OK but not powerful enough and too bulky). None are high quality tools with the finesse of expensive brands but the vast majority do get the job done, many of them in semi professional / high demand environments and they are cheaper than equivalent tools with a much better warranty than competitors. If you look at Clarke tools they are often identical, twice the price and with only a 1 year warranty. My advice is look up reviews first to make sure you're not buying one of the few tools which aren't good value (e.g the band saw, bench grinder/ linisher, cordless SDS drill) but otherwise they're almost impossible to beat for the money. Just keep your receipts safe in an envelope in a drawer somewhere otherwise you won't have that 3 year warranty.

Thanks for the video. I had to go straight out and check some Parkside items. Sure enough, the I pact driver which has a good weight to it is marked "Kompernass". X20V batteries seem to be manufactured by "OWIM GMBH & Co. KG" and imported to GB. Similarly, a wet dry vacuum which I've found to be quite good is labelled "Grizzly tools GmbH &Com KG", also imported to GB market. Thanks again 👍

I have a small 12v drill and a spare battery used every day in a workshop it the go to drill because of it's size 4 years and going strong

Thank you!

So the circular saw with a battery for under 100€ is a good deal?

i like the build, but it does not look very firm to me, it's allready curved by its own weight. If you put this on your van, the wind will rip to pieces.

I always buy lidl tools from socket sets to drills grinders i burned out one small grinder after five years cutting and grindng with it so i can not complain about lidl tools will still buy them when needed

You get what you pay for there are OK for DIY. But using every day you would soon find out how good they are.

Excellent tutorial! I’ve been using framing squares for 49 years and never considered they might be out of square. Time to go check them! Thanks for sharing this useful information!

Pythagorean Theorem is way more accurate. Measure 30 on lower leg, 40 on upper leg, should be 50 between the 2 measured points if square.

The first thing to do with painted squares is to file/scrape off the paint from the edges. Don't waste your time checking for square and adjusting until the edges are bare metal. The paint is usually not consistent thickness and has runs, drips, etc.

Parkside are thee worst tools in the planet. ‘Cheap’, absolutely not, these tools simply can’t work long term, are often breaking down or need new brushes within months of use-utter garbage, especially the electric tools. It is far wiser to buy a decent tool like Bosch, Mikita, in particular. As these tools will last years unlike parkside which lasts mere months.

No !! For one time use

All this information with Einhell is wrong. Three big importers are behind Parkside: OWIM, Kompernass and Grizzly Tools.

That plunge saw is absolute crap, no power, way to much play on it's base (the saw blade actually hit the baseplate)

For those who have returned Parkside tools because they failed etc... did you need to retain the packaging, carry case etc, or just the tool itself & receipt? I have a few parkside tools and want to bin all the cases, but not if it means the 3yr warranty is no longer valid

Just binned a garden shredder park side not cheap used twice never again .

i bought a pressure washer , used it few times--put it away for the winter--next yaer did not work---like most of their tools chaep rubbish

Cool stuff, where did you get the controller.?

Perfect! Thank you for sharing

@The Wandering Warner a great review and I totally agree about the 20v drill I only ever buy the 4 amp hour batteries as I think the 2 amp hour just don't have enough capacity I think it is the angle grinder in the 20 volt range it won't even run properly on a 2 amp hour battery it has to have the 4 amp hour one in order for it to even work. Thank you about the information regarding Einhell I was totally unaware of that. My only complaint about your video was the sound volume was really poor and I needed headphones to be able to hear you properly If the volume is too loud it's dead easy to turn the volume down if your watching on your phone.